Treasure Trackers 

Great Multi-Cultural Literature Units from every genre in 21 Award Winning Books!

Sample Pages from Treasure Trackers

Will a young person know treasure when he sees it? These units help students to identify lasting treasure: family, friends, faith, character, and career. The units help them find the real treasure as they read! Use of these excellent units for guided reading, literary group guides, or independent study, Treasure Trackers will enable literature to give your children the tools they need to develop the essential skills, independence, and personal character needed for success in the future!

Paired Units set in ancient Korea: The Kite Fighters and Newbery Medalist, A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park 

Paired Units about Chocolate: Chocolate, Riches from the Rain Forest and Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot by Margot Theis

Three Units Set in 1893, the World Columbian Exposition: Fair Weather by Richard Peck, The Buffalo Nickel by Taylor Morrison, and Bull's Eye: A Photobiography of Annie Oakley by Sue Macy 

Three Units Set in the 1950s, Civil Right Movement: Walking to the Bus Rider Blues by Harriette Gillem Robinet, When Marian Sang by Pam Munoz Ryan, Goin' Someplace Special by Patricia McKissack 

Books about Courage: 
Smokejumpers by Elaine Landau 
All the Way Home by Patricia Reilly Giff 
Wingwalker by Rosemary Wells 

Contents of Treasure Trackers (pdf file) 

Activities include: 

• logic and crossword puzzles, 
• vocabulary study, 
• journal writing, 
• cross curriculum problem solving, 
• authentic assessments, 
• research projects, 
• writing prompts,
• cooperative learning, 
• excellent literary circle guide,
• standardized test practice,

and much more!

225 Pages on the 2003-2004 Texas Bluebonnet Award Books^SM
Grades 3-7 
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